The "Ask a Durham Student" Thread :)

very boring with no social life.

I have seen pictures of durham in the web and it seemed that durham is a "dead city", very boring with no social life.

I have seen pictures of durham in the web and it seemed that durham is a "dead city", very boring with no social life. What do you guys do for fun? If there were no trains to Newcastle, what do you do?

I'm just curious, that's all.

I guess there is Klute, which maybe negates some of this because it is the Worst Club In Europe, but aside from that it is decent. If going clubbing every night is a necessity for you, Durham is probably not the right place; however, it is certainly far from "dead".

That's nothing, someone I know got in the guardian for using photoshop...

hey my teacher told me there is like a high secerity prision in the middle of durham is this true or is he just trying to scare me?
however my friend says its at the other campus is this true?

uh what

1) I don't know how you got that from photos and 2) no.

I'm assuming the photos you saw were from the summer, because during term time Durham is usually crawling with people. The university itself has loads of active societies -- particularly the DUS (debates), DUCK (charity), and DICCU (Jesus) -- and a high involvement in sport and theatre. As far as nights out go, there are 14 colleges in Durham and each one has its own bar. And then after that you can go on to Kingsgate, Jimmy Allen's, 24, Walkabout, Studio, Loveshack, one of the two nights the student union has every weekend... Yeah, you can run out of stuff to do and go to Newcastle (although I only know a few people who do), but you can't say Durham has no social life.

I guess there is Klute, which maybe negates some of this because it is the Worst Club In Europe, but aside from that it is decent. If going clubbing every night is a necessity for you, Durham is probably not the right place; however, it is certainly far from "dead".

Worst club in Europe, by default

Also, as the son on an amaeur photographer, when it comes to taking photos it's all about atmosphere. They are quite a biased medium. The photographer probably wanted to express the tranquilty of Durham, so chose to take the photographs at a time when few people were around. This, for example: -



OK, not the greatest example, but I don't have time to search for something better. I'm sure people get my point though. It wouldn't have had quite the same effect if there were crowds (or even just a handful) of people.

Durham's probably one of the most photographed cities outside London (I read that somwhere, just beleive it ) and the vast majority of them are going to be of tranquil scenes by the river bed, the cathedral and Old Fulling Mill, the Bailey etc. But, on the other hand, you don't get many of these





Again, not the best examples I can find.

With 40,000 permanent residents (used to have the largest private housing estate in Europe, goodness knows why) and 18,000 students it makes for a fair number of people in such a small city.

So if you're talking about how "busy" the city looks, I can assure you that you often can't move for fellow pedestrians. With so many locals and students in such a small city, it's quite budy in Market Square and the major streets.

I don't think any university or city, that has thousands of students, is "dead" or boring. It just depends on what you're after.

Edit: -

Whilst searching for those photos (all from the BBC) I came across this one



My daddy took that! April 2004's photograph of the month winner. Nothing to do with Durham, I'd just forgotten about it.

Well most of the above answers my first question but on a more specific level what is the work experience for lawyers like down in Durham? I mean obviously in London there are loads of law firms that you can try and get some work experience in, but is this the same for Durham? Or is legal work experience hard to come about? Also-as a student- if you want to make some extra cash being a waiter or whatever are there opportunities to do so in Durham? Thanks Durham-ites

i just love the look of this college and would do anything to go here
id like to study english
i currently study law, media studies, english lit and modern history at a level

im worried my vocational subject of media would stop me from getting a place because its seen as soft
is this true?
even if i get A grades in all my a levels